The Writer, Producers & Director

KayRod Productions for the Arts, Inc The Writer, Producer, and Director A Look at "A Dream Interrupted, A Life Reborn" A Look at "No Not My Son" A Look at "Diva On Tour" Performance Dates Contact Us Marketing Guest Book

Rodney E. James, Founder, Writer and Producer

Rodney, a multi-talented S.F. native began performing in the mid-sixties as local talent with a variety of vocal groups. In the mid-seventies Rodney became a member of "Talk of Da Town", an Accapella group that over the years has become world renowned and travels to Europe for Italy's Christmas Gospel Tour. In 1999, he also joined the Natural Four where he met Jeffrey Bashir, and soon after became a founding member of The Best Intentions, the featured musical entertainment in "Diva". Rodney has continued to sharpen his theatrical skills as a stage actor, accomplished playwright and producer, performing in numerous bay area productions, and in 2005 realized his lifelong dream as he put pen to paper and wrote "Diva On Tour". Rodney, along with his wife, Kay Ellison-James co-produced and premiered "Diva" in May 2006. Rodney’s second play “No! Not My Son” premiered successfully in November of 2008! Our third production, celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness is, “A Dream Interrupted, A Life Reborn” premiering this October 17, 2009

Kay Ellison-James, Founder and Director of Sales

Kay Ellison-James has co-produced three original theatre presentations "Diva On Tour" ,“No! Not my Son” and "A Dream Interrupted, A Life Reborn" with her husband, Rodney James. As this is a grassroots production company, Kay manages the front of the house for all performances, coordinates box office/ticket sales, heads up the marketing and promotions for all productions, as well as, coordinating the concession stand and ushers. Kay is the go-to person for KayRod Productions. Her excellent management skills in regards to marketing of KayRod plays has resulted in more than 2,000 theater goers attending a little known community theatre company’s production of Diva on Tour and No! Not My Son. Kay ensures that the actors, director and the playwright are communicating and meeting the rehearsal and production schedule. She maintains the production budget, types scripts, and handles all written communication between venue and production company. Kay’s career is focused on serving at-risk children in the non-profit sector and law enforcement. She is a Bay Area native, whose greatest exposure to the theatre and arts world, until her involvement with KayRod Productions, has been as a patron.

Achebe Hoskins, Director

Achebe Hoskins has been active in the cultural and performing arts since the age of six. He is an actor, vocalist, storyteller, gumboot dancer, videographer and acting coach. He has written and directed four full-length plays and written over two hundred one acts, sketches and skits. Achebe is the founding director of the Bay Area Performing Arts Collective and has produced, directed and collaborated on over eighty productions in the past 25years.

He was blessed to have been put into cultural and performing arts at an early age. Though it was uncomfortable in the beginning, his training in acting, African drumming, tap dance and acrobatics instilled a sense of confidence and fulfillment which helped set the course of his life’s journey. That journey has been filled with the adventure, excitement, splendor, and occasionally the heart break that accompanies the performance. “If I feel nothing from the material, or from my own performance, then the audience will feel nothing. I learned, as many true artists know, that true art seeks to awaken the human spirit. It is with this in mind that I approach every script, every directorial project and every performance”.